Evaluation of teachers’ perception of effective communication skills according to gender

Abstract

Living things express themselves verbally, textually or physically and it is called communication. Since the first moment of life, human beings are able to express their feelings and thoughts through various methods. Communication through these transfers has sometimes resulted in teaching. Teaching generally takes place in the classroom and teachers are expected to have an effective perception of communication skills for an effective communication process in the classroom. This study aimed to investigate teachers' perceptions of effective communication skills in the classroom by taking gender into account. In this descriptive study, the participants consisted of 381 teachers. For data collection, the Classroom Effective Communication Skills Scale was administered. The five-point Likert type scale consisted of 23 items with four dimensions. The results revealed that although male and female teachers had high scores in terms of effective communication skills, no significant difference was observed between male and female teachers. According to the findings, female teachers had slightly higher scores than male teachers.